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The Kingdom's Boundary Markers

Beniel, Huerta de Murcia, Murcia

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The Kingdom's Boundary Markers

Monument · Beniel, Huerta de Murcia, Murcia

Limestone monoliths carved in the shape of a pyramid on a cubic base, in the municipal area of Beniel, popularly known as Los Pinochos. They were set up in 1304, on the Vereda del Reino, following the Sentencia Arbitral de Torrellas, which ended the dispute between Castile and Aragon over the boundaries of their territories in the conquered lands of Murcia, confirmed a year later by the Tratado de Elche; Beniel was left on the Castilian side and the boundary markers became the municipality's heraldic symbol, as a border area. They were replaced in the 18th century, in the time of Charles III, owing to the deterioration of the originals, and have been restored several times; the last time, in the late 1980s, failed to respect the original stone and shifted one of them out of place. Today they mark the boundary between Murcia and the Comunidad Valenciana.

Photo: Xinese-v (Public domain)

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